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>> i think that's the question lindsey graham is asking. i think it's a completely legitimate question. he's doing this because he feels it's the only leverage he has. he has no other leverage. here's a minority in the senate and look, i think it's a legitimate question. >> on the merits of this, it clean place.raham's got a pretty we should have more information, he should be allowed to have anyone he wants. i don't doubt for a second that graham truly believes that he needs to get to the bottom of this. on the politics of this, remember, graham is one of those republicans who stuck his neck out on immigration reform, he's got a primary challenger back in south carolina, and his numbers among conservatives in recent polls have been dropping precipitously. >> when he was here in "the situation room" this week, i asked him this question, maybe some of them already have appeared. listen to what he said to me earlier in the week. >> it's my understanding that the survivors, the state department personnel who survived the consulate attack, one
>> i think that's the question lindsey graham is asking. i think it's a completely legitimate question. he's doing this because he feels it's the only leverage he has. he has no other leverage. here's a minority in the senate and look, i think it's a legitimate question. >> on the merits of this, it clean place.raham's got a pretty we should have more information, he should be allowed to have anyone he wants. i don't doubt for a second that graham truly believes that he needs to get...
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senator lindsey graham gram joins thus hour as well. he is vowing to block all of the president's appointments until survivors of the benghazi attack are made available to testify before congress. i'm wolf blitzer and you are in "the situation room." massive suburb veil answer at home and abroad. millions of people targeted for snooping including dozens of world leaders. there was explaining to do in front of their congressional overseers. they strongly denied some of the allegations, made some of their own. let's begin our coverage this hour with our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto who is watching what is going on. how did they explain, first of all, jim, the spying that goes on allied leaders? >> very strong bush back from the director of national intelligence stating as fact that european allies spy on the u.s. as well and they said to an extent they are their elected leaders may not be aware of and made the argument the u.s. has better oversight than europe has on this. interesting hearing chairman mike rogers leav
senator lindsey graham gram joins thus hour as well. he is vowing to block all of the president's appointments until survivors of the benghazi attack are made available to testify before congress. i'm wolf blitzer and you are in "the situation room." massive suburb veil answer at home and abroad. millions of people targeted for snooping including dozens of world leaders. there was explaining to do in front of their congressional overseers. they strongly denied some of the allegations,...
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a lot of the no votes are either about 2014, mitch mcconnell has a tea party challenge, lindsey graham has a tea party challenge and rand paul and ted cruz thinking about 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> you think? >> i know you agree, but you weren't surprised by all the yays among republicans, a lot of republicans who decided to bolt from that and join boehner in the house and join paul ryan in the house and vote in favor of what is clearly a compromise. >> like john mccain, for example, and we really don't see him split from lindsey graham very much. >> yes. >> they are usually joined at hip. in this case lindsey graham, as you're pointing out, faces a tough fight in his re-election and mccain was from the let's just get something done caucus this time which is, look, i know that there are things in it that i didn't like. he said, you know, he didn't like the cost of living adjustment issue for military pensioners, but he said there's a larger purpose here which is we have to tell the -- let the american public know that we're not so dysfunctional, that we can get something done and it
a lot of the no votes are either about 2014, mitch mcconnell has a tea party challenge, lindsey graham has a tea party challenge and rand paul and ted cruz thinking about 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> you think? >> i know you agree, but you weren't surprised by all the yays among republicans, a lot of republicans who decided to bolt from that and join boehner in the house and join paul ryan in the house and vote in favor of what is clearly a compromise. >> like john mccain, for...
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palin may get involved in campaigns to unseat mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham. again, do you think she still has political juice, the impact she had years back? >> certainly not. her clout has diminished. the tea party is suffering. we have to remember that. even though they are energized, they are not a popular part of the party. she's in the political mix, but fallen from when she ran for vice president. it's unclear how much her endorsement counts. i don't think we are thinking of her as a national figure for president at this point. >> do you think she can be influential? the tea party's national brand took a big hit during this stalemate. i wonder if her sway with republicans are limited because of that. >> they are. i mean, i think right now, all national tea party figures are a little suspect for national republican leaders. palin is not just ted cruz recent person. she's someone who historically now has had a lot of trouble nationally. a lot of republicans are nervous about her as someone who could deliver votes and deliver a national ticket. >> with her
palin may get involved in campaigns to unseat mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham. again, do you think she still has political juice, the impact she had years back? >> certainly not. her clout has diminished. the tea party is suffering. we have to remember that. even though they are energized, they are not a popular part of the party. she's in the political mix, but fallen from when she ran for vice president. it's unclear how much her endorsement counts. i don't think we are thinking of...
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. >> lindsey graham made it clear to me that in exchange for major entitlement reform, social security, medicare, medicaid, he would support what's called a grand bargain and include major tax reform that could potentially increase tax revenues but you've got to have a big package deal. would you go along with that? >> i don't know what the plan is. i don't know what the list is. i'm serving on the finance committee. we're having a hearing tomorrow. the president's on the air every other whipstitch blaming republicans we just want to eliminate these taxes for the rich. what is he talking about? he's been talking about on the campaign trail shutting down the oil and gas industry in kansas, shutting down agriculture, lending institutions, et cetera, et cetera, all sorts of executive orders and regulations. in terms of tax reform and the loopholes, where are they? what's the plan? where's the list? >> well, would you be able to get into negotiations? >> i'm always ready to get into negotiations. i know numbers are important but the policy is an important as well. yeah, we want to do that.
. >> lindsey graham made it clear to me that in exchange for major entitlement reform, social security, medicare, medicaid, he would support what's called a grand bargain and include major tax reform that could potentially increase tax revenues but you've got to have a big package deal. would you go along with that? >> i don't know what the plan is. i don't know what the list is. i'm serving on the finance committee. we're having a hearing tomorrow. the president's on the air every...